Mercury-Catalyzed Rearrangement of Ketoximes into Amides and Lactams in Acetonitrile

Chennan Ramalingan and Yong-Tae Park*
Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Taegu 702-701, Korea ytpark@knu.ac.kr
J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72 (12), pp 4536–4538
DOI: 10.1021/jo070297k
Publication Date (Web): May 5, 2007
Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society
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Abstract

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An acetonitrile solution of mercury(II) chloride has been found to catalyze efficiently the conversion of a diverse range of ketoximes into their corresponding amides/lactams.

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  • Published In Issue June 08, 2007
  • Received February 13, 2007

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